Barry Moser is an illustrator, printer, painter, printmaker, designer, author, essayist, and teacher. He was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee in 1940. He was educated at a military academy there, the Baylor School, then at Auburn University and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. He did graduate work at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 1970. He studied with George Cress, Leonard Baskin, Fred Becker, and Jack Coughlin. His work is represented in numerous collections, museums, and libraries in the United States and abroad, including the National Gallery of Art, the Metropolitan Museum, the British Museum, the Library of Congress, the National Library of Australia, the London College of Printing, the Pierpont Morgan Library, the Vatican Library, Harvard University, Yale University, Dartmouth College, Cambridge University, the Israel Museum, and Princeton University. The books Moser has illustrated and/or designed form a list of over 300 titles including Arion Press' Moby-Dick and the University of California Press' The Divine Comedy of Dante, and Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

"A stunning volume to be savored in a quiet, reflective mood." — Kirkus Reviews"Lush and suggestive myths." — Oregon Humanities"Lopez’s prose is expansive and spacious but grounded in the specific details of nature... eschews literary expectations in favor of ambiance and a deep sense of mystery, of meaning that lingers at the edges of our normal perceptions." — Cascadia Weekly“[Barry Lopez is] a powerful storyteller.” — Margaret Atwood“[Barry Lopez] leaves all the right things unsaid, and the silence resonates.” — Time“[Barry Lopez] succeeds in awakening our fleeting yearning and hidden feelings.” — Denver Post“[Barry Lopez] has magic in his words.” — Minneapolis Star-Tribune

• Contents"Desert Notes""Twilight""The Search for the Heron""The Falls""Within Bird's Hearing""Empira's Tapestry"

Barry Moser is an illustrator, printer, painter, printmaker, designer, author, essayist, and teacher. He was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee in 1940. He was educated at a military academy there, the Baylor School, then at Auburn University and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. He did graduate work at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 1970. He studied with George Cress, Leonard Baskin, Fred Becker, and Jack Coughlin. His work is represented in numerous collections, museums, and libraries in the United States and abroad, including the National Gallery of Art, the Metropolitan Museum, the British Museum, the Library of Congress, the National Library of Australia, the London College of Printing, the Pierpont Morgan Library, the Vatican Library, Harvard University, Yale University, Dartmouth College, Cambridge University, the Israel Museum, and Princeton University. The books Moser has illustrated and/or designed form a list of over 300 titles including Arion Press' Moby-Dick and the University of California Press' The Divine Comedy of Dante, and Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

"A stunning volume to be savored in a quiet, reflective mood." — Kirkus Reviews"Lush and suggestive myths." — Oregon Humanities"Lopez’s prose is expansive and spacious but grounded in the specific details of nature... eschews literary expectations in favor of ambiance and a deep sense of mystery, of meaning that lingers at the edges of our normal perceptions." — Cascadia Weekly“[Barry Lopez is] a powerful storyteller.” — Margaret Atwood“[Barry Lopez] leaves all the right things unsaid, and the silence resonates.” — Time“[Barry Lopez] succeeds in awakening our fleeting yearning and hidden feelings.” — Denver Post“[Barry Lopez] has magic in his words.” — Minneapolis Star-Tribune

• Contents"Desert Notes""Twilight""The Search for the Heron""The Falls""Within Bird's Hearing""Empira's Tapestry"